Tony Booth, a product development manager at builders merchant group Buildbase is one of the first three students to pass the new MOL training module on Sustainable Products.
Read More »Greenworks offer installer training on renewables
Greenworks, the umbrella sustainable products brand of builders merchants Jewson and plumbers merchant Graham, have launched a series of 20 specialist training courses for installers on renewable energy.
Read More »VAT decision boosts GBB consumer launch
The consumer launch of the Get Britain Building Campaign this Friday has been given a boost now that the possibility of 5% VAT on home repairs and maintenance work has moved a step closer.
Read More »Jacksons lose 33 jobs
The recession in construction has caused 33 jobs to be lost at the head office of Lincoln builders merchants Jackson Building Centres.
Read More »UK house prices fall further
The rate at which UK house prices are falling increased in January, but not by as much as the Nationwide or Halifax figures, according to the government's house price index.
Read More »Wolseley fall out of FTSE 100
Builders merchant group Wolseley have fallen out of the FTSE 100 share index as housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is promoted back into the FTSE 250 index.
Read More »VAT rate cut agreed by EU
European finance ministers have agreed that that member states may set their own rates of VAT on a range of sectors. The move could see the rate in the UK reduced to 5% for home maintenance and repairs.
Read More »CPA chairman urges government action
The chairman of the Construction Products Association, Adrian Barden, has written to Lord Mandelson to warn of more major industry job losses and to urge him to ensure the government delivers the construction programmes it has already committed to.
Read More »MPA brings together cement, quarry and concrete groups
The Mineral Products Association has been formed from the merger of the British Cement Association, the Quarry Products Association and the Concrete Centre.
Read More »H&B Group go Global
Global Stone, the Essex based natural stone hard landscaping people have agreed a 12 month trading deal with independent builders merchant buying group H&B.
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